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André Blouin fonds
AP038
Synopsis:
The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
1933-1996
André Blouin fonds
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AP038
Synopsis:
The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
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1933-1996
DR1987:0301
Description:
- These plans and rendering show a house in a country setting, incorporating chalet-style motifs such as overhanging eaves and carved woodwork. To the rear of the house there is a round tower with a conical turret. The rendering includes two groups of people in colourful peasant costumes in front of the house.
architecture
ca. 1860
Rendering and plans for a chalet-style house
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DR1987:0301
Description:
- These plans and rendering show a house in a country setting, incorporating chalet-style motifs such as overhanging eaves and carved woodwork. To the rear of the house there is a round tower with a conical turret. The rendering includes two groups of people in colourful peasant costumes in front of the house.
architecture
Project
AP178.S1.1998.PR09
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This project series documents the Câmara Municipal de Penafiel in Penafiel, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 104/90. The office assigned the date 1998 for this project. The project site was located on 21,643 square metres of land, between Avenida Guedes and Rua Abilio Miranda. The building program included two distinct buildings. The first was a U-shaped building for the Town Hall with a three-storey underground parking lot. The second was a two-storey rectangular building with a five-storey tower and a courtyard, for the administrative department, finance department, urban planning department and environement department. The project was not realized. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, plans, and working drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, competition documentation, and correspondence. Photographic materials document the project site.
1998-2003
Câmara Municipal de Penafiel [Penafiel Town Hall], Penafiel, Portugal (1998)
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AP178.S1.1998.PR09
Description:
This project series documents the Câmara Municipal de Penafiel in Penafiel, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 104/90. The office assigned the date 1998 for this project. The project site was located on 21,643 square metres of land, between Avenida Guedes and Rua Abilio Miranda. The building program included two distinct buildings. The first was a U-shaped building for the Town Hall with a three-storey underground parking lot. The second was a two-storey rectangular building with a five-storey tower and a courtyard, for the administrative department, finance department, urban planning department and environement department. The project was not realized. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, plans, and working drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, competition documentation, and correspondence. Photographic materials document the project site.
Project
1998-2003
textual records
DR2012:0012:096:034
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File containing documents in English, including notes, photocopies of floorplans for the Bay Wellington Tower in Toronto and the Art Gallery of York University, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various members of staff at York University regarding potential artistic opportunities. Original folder inscribed in graphite: YORK UNIVERSITY
1977-1981, 1986-1998
Reference material and correspondence of Melvin Charney with York University
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DR2012:0012:096:034
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File containing documents in English, including notes, photocopies of floorplans for the Bay Wellington Tower in Toronto and the Art Gallery of York University, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various members of staff at York University regarding potential artistic opportunities. Original folder inscribed in graphite: YORK UNIVERSITY
textual records
1977-1981, 1986-1998
DR1988:0265
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- The title "Teaching building in the Atlantic Ocean" is taken from the print DR1988:0022:003, which may be a print of this drawing. The inscription "FERNSEHTURM" was used as the alternate title since it would be translated today as "television tower", and this seems an unlikely title for a drawing dated 1919.
architecture
1919
Teaching building in the Atlantic Ocean
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DR1988:0265
Description:
- The title "Teaching building in the Atlantic Ocean" is taken from the print DR1988:0022:003, which may be a print of this drawing. The inscription "FERNSEHTURM" was used as the alternate title since it would be translated today as "television tower", and this seems an unlikely title for a drawing dated 1919.
architecture
born digital
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2304 digital file(s)
Maya and ZBrush renderings
AP174.S1.2006.D2.006
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Contains the results of rendering tests in Maya, 2006 and 2009; renderings of Strand Tower used in the Skin and Bones exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2006; renderings of Strand Tower and exhibition photos from the Wild Child exhibit at Bridge Gallery, New York, 2009; ZBrush renders from 2009; and final renderings created in ZBrush in 2013. Includes a README file from 2014 indicating that final ZBrush renderings can also be found in the directory containing InDesign material (AP174.S1.2006.D2.004). Original directory name: "RENDERS". Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, JPEG File Interchange Format, Portable Network Graphics, Maya Binary File Format, Unidentified
2006-2014
Maya and ZBrush renderings
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AP174.S1.2006.D2.006
Description:
Contains the results of rendering tests in Maya, 2006 and 2009; renderings of Strand Tower used in the Skin and Bones exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2006; renderings of Strand Tower and exhibition photos from the Wild Child exhibit at Bridge Gallery, New York, 2009; ZBrush renders from 2009; and final renderings created in ZBrush in 2013. Includes a README file from 2014 indicating that final ZBrush renderings can also be found in the directory containing InDesign material (AP174.S1.2006.D2.004). Original directory name: "RENDERS". Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, JPEG File Interchange Format, Portable Network Graphics, Maya Binary File Format, Unidentified
born digital
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2304 digital file(s)
2006-2014
textual records
ARCH273815
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2 files- related to several of Arthur Erickson's professional activities, including the AIA College of Fellows, the Vancouver Advisory Board and documents relating to his participation at the Second International Habitat Festival, Weihai, China (2005). One file also includes miscellaneous digital prints of the Georgia Tower, Vancoucer, British Columbia.
Photographs and documents related to various professional activities
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ARCH273815
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2 files- related to several of Arthur Erickson's professional activities, including the AIA College of Fellows, the Vancouver Advisory Board and documents relating to his participation at the Second International Habitat Festival, Weihai, China (2005). One file also includes miscellaneous digital prints of the Georgia Tower, Vancoucer, British Columbia.
textual records
Project
Circlorama
AP144.S2.D51
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File documents proposals for a portable circular cinema for Circlorama Theatres Limited, of London, England, United Kingdom. Thumbnail sketches show positioning of concrete bases; erection of the cinema, central tower, and trussed wall frames; and the installation of the radially-trussed roof, interior fixtures, and exterior aluminum cladding. Diagrammatic sections show alternate designs for the structure and structural systems. A flow diagram illustrates projected circulation patterns. Also included in the group are fabrication drawings for the cinema by various consultants which Price may have used for reference purposes. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 1964. File contains drawings by the following firms: Lawrence Colebrook (Construction Equipment) Co. Ltd, Andrew Smith Harkness Ltd, Cotton Ballard & Blow Architects & Surveyors. File contains design development drawings and textual records.
1962-1964, 1967
Circlorama
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AP144.S2.D51
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File documents proposals for a portable circular cinema for Circlorama Theatres Limited, of London, England, United Kingdom. Thumbnail sketches show positioning of concrete bases; erection of the cinema, central tower, and trussed wall frames; and the installation of the radially-trussed roof, interior fixtures, and exterior aluminum cladding. Diagrammatic sections show alternate designs for the structure and structural systems. A flow diagram illustrates projected circulation patterns. Also included in the group are fabrication drawings for the cinema by various consultants which Price may have used for reference purposes. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 1964. File contains drawings by the following firms: Lawrence Colebrook (Construction Equipment) Co. Ltd, Andrew Smith Harkness Ltd, Cotton Ballard & Blow Architects & Surveyors. File contains design development drawings and textual records.
File 51
1962-1964, 1967
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AP202
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The OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen fonds, circa 2004-2015, documents the firm’s work on three projects: Tower and Square (unbuilt, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2004), Drying Hall Arbor (Hulshout, Belgium, 2013), and Villa Buggenhout (Buggenhout, Belgium, 2010). The fonds consists of born-digital and textual materials, as well as several models. The digital files include three project directories packaged as .zip files: “CCA-office09-tower&square”; “CCA-office29-villa buggenhout”; “CCA-office117-Arbor”. Each directory is divided into two subdirectories titled “working folder” and “final materials". The “working folder” subdirectory is organized either chronologically per phase or per file type. The “final materials” subdirectory contains the final project files, including presentation drawings, photos, and final versions of the collages. The transfer also includes two copies of the project credits in .pages and .pdf file formats.
circa 2004 - 2015
OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen fonds
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AP202
Description:
The OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen fonds, circa 2004-2015, documents the firm’s work on three projects: Tower and Square (unbuilt, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2004), Drying Hall Arbor (Hulshout, Belgium, 2013), and Villa Buggenhout (Buggenhout, Belgium, 2010). The fonds consists of born-digital and textual materials, as well as several models. The digital files include three project directories packaged as .zip files: “CCA-office09-tower&square”; “CCA-office29-villa buggenhout”; “CCA-office117-Arbor”. Each directory is divided into two subdirectories titled “working folder” and “final materials". The “working folder” subdirectory is organized either chronologically per phase or per file type. The “final materials” subdirectory contains the final project files, including presentation drawings, photos, and final versions of the collages. The transfer also includes two copies of the project credits in .pages and .pdf file formats.
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circa 2004 - 2015
photographs
ARCH255010
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Slides of projects files T-Z - Teck Mining Offices; Trump Tower, University of California Biological Sciences Building, Vancouver Art Gallery, Yorkdale Subway Station; file of Vancouver office projects: World Wide International Travel, Wood Gundy, Wood Gordon, Simon Fraser University, Lethbridge University, Canadian Pavilion Osaka, A. Erickson Office building Vancouver
Documentation slides for various projects
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ARCH255010
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Slides of projects files T-Z - Teck Mining Offices; Trump Tower, University of California Biological Sciences Building, Vancouver Art Gallery, Yorkdale Subway Station; file of Vancouver office projects: World Wide International Travel, Wood Gundy, Wood Gordon, Simon Fraser University, Lethbridge University, Canadian Pavilion Osaka, A. Erickson Office building Vancouver
photographs